April Fool's prank at Clemson

John Evans, left, talks with Dennis Taylor about a historic photo of Clemson University at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans, John Evans' grandfather, was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.$RETURN$$RETURN$

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans looks for a picture of his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans looks for a picture of his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans uses a magnifying glass to see the details in a historic photo of Clemson University at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans, John Evans' grandfather, was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.$RETURN$$RETURN$

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans looks for a picture of his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.$RETURN$$RETURN$

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans points to his grandfather's name in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.$RETURN$$RETURN$

Anderson Independent Mail

A magnifying glass rests on historic photos of Clemson University in the Special Collections Room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. Dennis Taylor used the school's archives to verify a story his grandfather, C.D. Evans, would tell about an April Fools prank that resulted in the dismissal of more than 300 cadets in 1908.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans looks for a picture of his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook from 1908. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans points to his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans points to his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans points to his grandfather in a picture of the 1912 graduating class of the Atlanta College of Pharmacy. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908. He later became the first of three generations of pharmacists.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans looks for a picture of his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.

Anderson Independent Mail

John Evans looks for a picture of his grandfather in a Clemson University yearbook at the Special Collections room in the Strom Thurmond Institute. C.D. Evans was one of more than 300 cadets dismissed from Clemson after an April Fools prank in 1908.